Meet the pro snowboarder turned chef behind innovative Oquirrh Restaurant
By Sarah Gambles
Published on March 28, 2026.
Andrew Fuller, co-owner and chef at Oquirrh Restaurant in Salt Lake City, has been named as a semifinalist for a James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Mountain Region. This is the third time the restaurant and Fuller have received this honor. The restaurant serves a unique take on familiar foods and is named after the popular mountain range. Fuller started working in kitchens at age 15 and began watching his mom's cooking while working at a country club in Colorado. After graduating high school, he was supposed to go to work at the snowboard camps at Mount Hood but instead injured his ACL. He and his wife, Angie, plan to open Oqirrh in 2019.
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